City Mental Health Counseling
City’s Impact.
Giving back to the communities we care about.
Through donations and local sponsorships, we support people working toward a safer, more caring world. Here’s a little about their work and why it matters to us.
Our community giving
Care takes
many forms.
At City Mental Health Counseling, our work brings us into conversations about what people need to feel safe, supported, and able to build a life they want. Some of those needs are very practical, like having enough to eat or a stable place to live. Others involve being treated fairly, finding support during a crisis, or feeling welcome in your own neighborhood.
Our community giving reflects those concerns. Through donations and local sponsorships, we support organizations working on LGBTQ+ equality, food access, housing, humanitarian relief, and the public decisions that shape access to care.
Some of this work is close to home, including our support for Astoria Food Pantry and our role as a main sponsor of Astoria Pride. Other contributions reach people and communities farther away. Each reflects something we care about and an opportunity to help sustain work we value.
The organizations we support
Our giving journal
LGBTQ+ community · Astoria
Astoria Pride
City Mental Health Counseling is a main sponsor of Astoria Pride and supports the Astoria Community Block Party. Being involved locally gives us an opportunity to contribute to community life and help make space for people to come together.
We support Pride because LGBTQ+ people deserve opportunities to celebrate who they are and spend time with people who welcome them. A local event can be a chance to see familiar faces, meet neighbors, and feel part of the place where you live. For some people, seeing businesses and community members show their support can carry particular meaning.
As an LGBTQ+ affirming practice, we want to take part in the community we serve. Sponsorship gives us a practical way to help make local gatherings possible and support the work involved in bringing people together.
We also value the place these events have in the wider neighborhood. Community celebrations create opportunities for residents, families, and local businesses to get to know one another. Those connections can continue after the event ends.
Our support reflects our commitment to being present locally. We want to help sustain spaces where LGBTQ+ people are welcome, visible, and able to enjoy being part of their community.
Food access · Mutual aid
Astoria Food Pantry
Astoria Food Pantry is a volunteer organization built around neighbors helping one another. Through its pantry and related community projects, people can access food, clothing, diapers, books, and other essentials. It also offers space for community activities and opportunities for residents to contribute their time or supplies.
We support the pantry because it does useful, everyday work in a neighborhood that matters to our practice. Having groceries for the week or diapers for a child can make a meaningful difference to a household managing a tight budget. These are concrete needs, and the pantry brings people together to help meet them.
We appreciate its approach to mutual aid. Community members can receive help, offer help, and take part in the same network. That creates opportunities for people to know their neighbors and contribute in ways that fit their circumstances.
Local businesses benefit from being part of a neighborhood, and we believe contributing to its care is part of that relationship. Supporting Astoria Food Pantry helps sustain a resource that residents have built together. For City Mental Health Counseling, it is a way to put resources toward something close to home and support the ongoing work of keeping neighbors fed and connected.
Food access · Humanitarian relief
Gaza Soup Kitchen
Gaza Soup Kitchen provides food for people in Gaza facing hunger and displacement. Its fundraising supports relief efforts in a place where getting the ingredients, equipment, and supplies needed to prepare meals can be an enormous challenge. The work begins with something immediate and essential, helping people get enough to eat.
We support Gaza Soup Kitchen because access to food and basic care matters wherever someone lives. Families experiencing displacement and loss have daily needs that continue even when their circumstances receive less public attention. Supporting people doing relief work on the ground is one way we can respond.
As a mental health practice, we care about the circumstances people are living through as well as the emotional support available to them. When someone is trying to find food for their family or get through another day of uncertainty, those immediate needs deserve attention in their own right.
For businesses like ours, giving offers a practical way to contribute beyond the services we provide. Our support reflects a concern for families facing extraordinary hardship and a belief that people deserve food, care, and dignity during a crisis. We want our giving to include people beyond our own neighborhood, too.
LGBTQ+ equality · Civil rights
Human Rights Campaign
The Human Rights Campaign works to advance equality for LGBTQ+ people. Its advocacy focuses on laws, policies, and public attitudes that shape everyday life. Alongside the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, its broader work includes efforts to make schools, workplaces, health care settings, and communities more welcoming and inclusive.
For an LGBTQ+ affirming practice like ours, this work has a clear connection to the care we want people to receive. Someone should be able to look for a job, see a health care provider, or build a family with the expectation that they will be treated with respect. We support efforts to make that expectation a reality.
We also believe businesses have a role in the environments they help create. That includes how we treat our own staff and clients, the organizations we support, and the values we are willing to express publicly.
Supporting HRC is one way we contribute to advocacy that reaches beyond our practice. We value its attention to the institutions people interact with every day and the policies that influence those experiences. Our contribution reflects a commitment to LGBTQ+ equality and a future in which people have more freedom to live openly, access care, and participate fully in their communities.
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LGBTQ+ safety · Bail assistance
LGBTQ Freedom Fund
The LGBTQ Freedom Fund pays bail for LGBTQ+ people held in jail and immigration detention. It also works to raise awareness of the ways poverty and discrimination contribute to the detention of LGBTQ+ people. Its work addresses an immediate barrier to release, the inability to afford bail.
We support the Freedom Fund because a person’s financial resources can have enormous consequences when they are detained. Time in detention can interrupt employment, housing, family relationships, and access to care. For LGBTQ+ people who may also face mistreatment in custody, getting out can be especially urgent.
As a practice that values LGBTQ+ safety, we want our support to reach people whose needs may be less visible in everyday conversations about inclusion. People in detention remain part of our communities. Their circumstances deserve attention, including when they have limited resources or few people able to advocate for them.
The Freedom Fund gives businesses like ours a concrete way to help address that need. Its work connects financial assistance with a broader concern for how LGBTQ+ people are treated within the criminal legal and immigration systems. We support that combination of immediate help and public advocacy, and the belief that dignity and access to support should extend to people in custody.
Housing · New York City
Coalition for the Homeless
Coalition for the Homeless provides direct services and advocates for people experiencing homelessness in New York City. Its programs include food, eviction prevention, crisis assistance, housing, job training, and support for children. It also works to protect the rights of New Yorkers without homes and advance lasting housing solutions.
We support the Coalition because having a stable place to live matters deeply. A home provides somewhere to sleep, keep belongings, receive mail, and maintain routines. When housing is uncertain, even ordinary tasks can become difficult to manage.
The Coalition responds to both immediate needs and the longer process of finding stability. A meal or help during a crisis can matter today, while housing assistance and eviction prevention can change what the coming months look like. We value that range of support.
As a New York business, we share a city with people facing these challenges every day. We believe they deserve resources, respectful treatment, and sustained attention from the wider community. Supporting the Coalition is one way our practice can contribute to that work.
Its combination of practical assistance and advocacy matters to us because people need help navigating their current circumstances while the city works toward better housing options. Our giving supports an organization engaged in both.
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LGBTQ+ youth · Crisis support
The Trevor Project
The Trevor Project works to end suicide among LGBTQ+ young people. It provides crisis counseling by phone, text, and chat, and conducts research, education, and advocacy focused on the needs and experiences of LGBTQ+ youth. Its resources also help adults better understand how to support young people in their lives.
We support The Trevor Project because LGBTQ+ young people deserve somewhere to turn when they are struggling. Some are figuring out who they are while also worrying about how family, friends, or their community might respond. Having access to someone who will listen and take them seriously matters.
As an LGBTQ+ affirming counseling practice, we value the specialized attention The Trevor Project brings to these experiences. We also appreciate its work with parents, educators, and other adults. Supportive relationships develop in many settings, and adults often need guidance on how to respond with care.
Businesses like ours can help sustain resources that young people and families may need at a difficult moment. Our support reflects the importance we place on accessible help and treating LGBTQ+ youth with respect. We want young people to have people they can talk to, adults willing to learn, and communities that make room for them to grow into themselves.
State leadership · Public policy
Democratic Governors Association
The Democratic Governors Association supports Democratic governors and candidates across the country. It provides campaign resources and helps governors and their staff share policy ideas and learn from one another. Its work focuses on state leadership, where decisions about public services and civil rights take shape.
We support the DGA because state policy matters to the communities we serve. Decisions about access to health care, public education, and protections for LGBTQ+ people can affect the choices available to someone and how secure they feel in their daily life. These are issues we care about as a practice, and they help explain our decision to support this work.
A counseling practice is also a business within a larger community. We employ people, provide care, and work within systems shaped by public decisions. Supporting political participation is one way we express our priorities beyond our individual work with clients.
Our support for the DGA reflects the importance we place on accessible care and equal treatment. We want leaders to take the needs of people who face barriers to care seriously and consider how their decisions affect families, workers, and communities. This contribution is part of how we participate in the public issues that matter to us.
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From our neighbors to communities farther away, we’re grateful to contribute to work we care about.